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Test Technician II

ThermoFisher Scientific

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Location
Hillsboro, OR
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Job overview

The Test Technician II performs product testing at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Hillsboro site, which produces electron microscopes. The role uses prescribed methods to test components, collect and analyze data, and support equipment setup, calibration, maintenance, and rebuilding. The position works second shift, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and reinforces product quality through testing.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Manufacturing TestingTest EquipmentLean Manufacturing6SContinuous ImprovementWindowsMicrosoft OfficeReading Technical DrawingsElectronic Assembly TroubleshootingMechanical Assembly TroubleshootingCleanroom WorkProblem SolvingFollowing Work InstructionsIndependent CollaborationOrganizational SkillsLifting 35 LbsVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Qualifications

High School Diploma or EquivalentTwo-Year Technical DegreeMilitary Technical Training1 Year Manufacturing or Electronics Testing

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Work Schedule

Second Shift (Afternoons)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Shift: 2nd shift 2 pm – 10:30 pm

Location/Division Specific Information:

Our Hillsboro site produces world-class electron microscopes used by scientists and engineers to drive innovation around the globe. This role works to produce-high quality components used in the world’s finest tools used by researches like Nobel prize winners and the teams who imaged the COVID-19 virus.

How Will You Make an Impact?:

With such an important global mission statement our Test Technicians reinforce our Quality Culture through product testing to ensure that Customers across the world receive the highest quality best performing products possible!

A Day in the Life:

  • Perform testing using prescribed methods/work instructions

  • Collect test data for our database then analyze data to make process decisions

  • Assist in selection and/or set-up of specialized equipment

  • Performs wide variety of analysis to identify and address problems

  • Perform machine set-up, calibration and preventative maintenance

  • Rebuild manufacturing equipment when needed to ensure operability

Education:

  • High school diploma or equivalent required

  • A 2-year technical degree preferred or a combination of education and experience that demonstrate the required skills. Military Technical Training in lieu of technical degree may also be considered

Experience:

  • At least 1 year of manufacturing/electronics testing required

  • Previous experience using test equipment preferred (Digital Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Chart Recorders)

  • Experience in lean manufacturing, 6S and continuous improvement a plus

  • Experience with Windows-based and MS Office programs a plus (Word, Excel, Outlook and Access)

  • Military Veterans encouraged to apply.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Ability to read detailed drawings and perform basic problem solving on electronic and mechanical assemblies at the component and system level

  • Comfortable to work in a cleanroom environment using appropriate PPE

  • Able to follow detailed work instructions then successfully complete daily work

  • Ability to analyze and solve problems independently as well as collaboratively

  • Self-motivated, with strong organizational skills

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

  • Ability to lift up to 35lbs

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, successful in teams with differing cultural, language and educational backgrounds

What We Offer

Compensation

  • Competitive Hourly Pay Rate

  • Additional shift differential for 2nd shift and 3rd shift positions

  • Annual performance-based bonus

  • Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits

  • Benefits & Total Rewards | Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

  • Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays

  • Retirement Savings Plan

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Employee Referral Bonus

  • Career Advancement Opportunities

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility/Disability Access

Job Seekers with a Disability: Thermo Fisher Scientific offers accessibility service for job seekers requiring accommodations in the job application process. For example, this may include individuals requiring assistance because of hearing, vision, mobility, or cognitive impairments. If you are a job seeker with a disability, or assisting a person with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please submit a request by telephone at 1-855-471-2255*. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.

*This telephone line is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes, such as not being able to get into the career website, following up on an application, or other non-disability related technical issues will not receive a response.

Excellent Benefits

Medical benefits

Paid Time Off/Annual Leave

Employee Referral Bonus

Career Advancement Opportunities

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 784 open Test Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$54–83K/yr150 salary ranges
  • US median$28–36/hr361 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 11 open Test Technician jobs in Oregon and 784 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Test Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 560 postings).
Education
6 of the 784 open Test Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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